August is:
- National Inventors Month;
- National Water Quality Month; and
- American Artist Appreciation Month.
Other (unusual) July holidays and events
| 8/1 | International Friendship Day start of National Clown Week | |
| 8/8 | start of National Smile Week | |
| 8/13 | International Left-Handers Day | |
| 8/15 | The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, premieres in Hollywood, California in 1939 Woodstock opens in 1969 start of National Friendship Week | |
| 8/28 | Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech given in 1963 |
